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Google Keep Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 9.1 out of 10
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9.1 out of 10

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TrustRadius Insights for Google Keep are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.

Pros

Search Functionality: Users have found the search feature to be excellent, allowing for quick and efficient location of specific notes within the app, enhancing productivity and ease of use. This functionality has been highlighted as a time-saving feature by many reviewers.

Clean Interface: Reviewers appreciate the clean, simple, yet attractive interface that enhances their overall user experience with the app, creating a visually pleasing environment for note-taking. The intuitive design has been commended for its user-friendly nature.

Collaboration Feature: Users praise the ability to add collaborators to notes, making group work and project collaboration seamless and effective, fostering teamwork and communication. This collaborative aspect has been emphasized as a key benefit by multiple reviewers looking to work together on tasks or projects.

Reviews

15 Reviews

Google Keep is great for memory help and for collaborative checklists

Rating: 10 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For anything we need to remember that requires quick, easy access, we use Google Keep. We can use it on our phones, tablets, computers, whatever, and any change, on any device, is automatically updated on all devices. We can even share items with other team members, if desired, and they can update across all devices, as well.

Pros

  • Keeps anything we need to remember available any time anywhere.
  • Works across multiple devices without a hitch.
  • Any item can be shared with other team members, as desired.

Cons

  • I'm not sure what happens when different team members try to update at the same time.
  • They could let us know, during setup or something, what happens when different team members try to update at the same time, so we are not in doubt.
  • They could let us adjust the colors of the text, especially check lists where checked off items become very dim. We would like to make checked off items a different color, but still more visible.

Likelihood to Recommend

We use it to post photos of a given area or circumstance, so there is never a question about the current appearance or the desired appearance, as the case may be. We also use it a lot for checklists. When items are needed, possibly from different locations, team members can check them off a shared list as they are acquired, so we can see what is still required and what has been acquired, and the person responsible can initial the checked-off entry.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
4 years of experience

Keeping up using Google Keep.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use keep on my computer.

I leave keep always open in a tab on the browser.

I do use keep to keep my notes regarding the coding that I did on the day.

When I run script commands I keep the list of commands ran on the day as I tend to forget the parameters that I have used.

These are temporal notes that I take to later add them to proper code documentation.

Personally, I also use keep as a shopping list.

Pros

  • It is multi-platform. Works in the browser, in the tablet and my phone.
  • Easy to create new notes.
  • It creates itemized checkboxes.

Cons

  • When used in the tablet, it does not open in full screen.
  • Sometimes I am not sure if my notes were saved, so I close the window and re-open it.

Likelihood to Recommend

Take quick notes, multi-platform. Sharing the notes with other Google accounts is quite easy and seamless. You can add multiple people to the same notes. You can also take notes on the tablet with the stylus.

Google Keep a very useful tool for all.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Keep to track inventory, needed items, tasks, and sales for our farm, Kismet Grove Farm in Linden, PA. The different notes that have been created are shared amongst us so we can each see items added or removed, and to allow us to make changes ourselves. We have been using it since we started the farm and find it to be an extremely helpful tool. One advantage is that we can load it up on our.

Pros

  • Shareable
  • Easy to organize.
  • Accessible

Cons

  • Voice notes would be helpful.
  • Ability to write and have it translated into text.
  • Being able to add an Excel-like Sheet to calculate totals and quantities.

Likelihood to Recommend

Being able to add a note on the fly to a "to-do" list or add a needed item to a "grocery" list with ease. It's handy being able to access it from practically anywhere. I often find myself needing to do a task and pulling out my phone to add it to my to-do list.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
3 years of experience

Is Google Keep worth it

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Google Keep to quickly note ideas, tasks, and reminders. It helps us stay organized by sharing notes with the team. The main problem it solves is forgetting important tasks or ideas. We use it for to-do lists, project notes, and reminders, making teamwork easier. It's simple, fast, and keeps everything in one place.

Pros

  • Not Taking
  • To Do List
  • Organize

Cons

  • Keep only offers labels, but having folders or nested tags would help in managing notes better.
  • Finding notes can be difficult, especially when there are many. Filters by date, content type, or color would help.
  • Keep notes should easily convert into Google Docs or sync better with Google Calendar tasks.

Likelihood to Recommend

1. You’re in a meeting and need to jot down key points quickly. Keep allows fast, simple note-taking

2. You create a grocery list or a checklist for a project and set reminders to ensure tasks are completed on time.

3.You organize your daily tasks using different colored notes for work, personal, and urgent tasks.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
5 years of experience

Google Keep is a free, pretty, clean and simple note keeper with excellent search functionality that will help you do your job more efficiently and get information out of your head.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Google Keep in my organisation to keep notes about everything to do with software that is in use throughout and anything else I need to do my job. This includes notes on resolving and troubleshooting issues, code snippets and SQL queries, steps to reproduce problems, steps to test functionality, names of stakeholders, minutes from meetings etc etc, the list goes on and on. I store anything that would be useful to help me do my job efficiently and to get the information out of my head (to free space for other things) and put it in a place I trust that I can search later. It is a really good tool, it's free, its search functionality works really well and I trust it completely. The perfect aid to getting things done.

Pros

  • Search functionality is great
  • Clean, simple yet attractive interface
  • Easy to use
  • Allows a picture to be part of the note
  • Notes can be quite long
  • Trustworthy place to save information you need later
  • Attached to your google account

Cons

  • The iOS app sometimes gets into a state and doesn't update your notes (won't show new notes from other devices / computer), needs to be re-installed to resolve
  • Your notes take up space in your Google account's quota, though this is not very apparent at first - you have to keep an eye on what you are storing - huge pictures better not go in there

Likelihood to Recommend

It is the perfect companion for storing all those little bits of information you need to do your job well, the best thing is getting it all out of your head and in to Google Keep. You can trust it to hold that information for you, and you know you can go back and use its excellent search functionality to find that information at a later date. It can also work really well for your personal life as well. I have two accounts, my work account and my personal account - I use them both in different contexts but I have always found Google Keep is great for both.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
6 years of experience

Great tool for keeping track of notes and miscellaneous pieces of information.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Keep is being used by the entire organization as part of the G-Suite package. Google Keeps allows users to keep notes, and write to-do lists. It allows users to keep track of different notes on a dashboard, this allows departments to plan and keep tabs on projects or to-do lists in an easy manner.

Pros

  • Easy to use.
  • Sync with all devices.
  • Can add images, links, drawings, labels and reminders.
  • Can add collaborators to the note.

Cons

  • Can't change text format.
  • Users can't undo changes.
  • No notifications sent when tasks are added.

Likelihood to Recommend

I would recommend Google Keep for notes or to-lists that need to be share among more than 2 people or for people who would like to be able to access their notes from a wide range of devices. It is an ideal tool for keeping track of things, since it also allows the user to set reminders. additionally, it is a good tool for someone who might be inspired on the spot, since it allows for drawings.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
1 year of experience

Easy to use, great tool!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Keep is a great tool that our entire office uses! It can be used for note taking during an important meeting, collaboration or even just quick access to responses for our customers. One of the best pieces of this for our company is the collaboration aspect. If I am in a meeting and writing notes in my Google Keep note, I can share that note with my team member and we can both edit the note in real time.

Pros

  • It's incredibly quick to load, it doesn't take long to pull up any note you have no matter how much information is in the note.
  • The ability to collaborate on a Google Keep note is also great! It allows for two or more of you to work on a project in one space.
  • I also love that I can color coordinate. I can make all my meeting notes one color, my personal notes another color and so on.
  • Enjoying the pinning feature that allows me to keep my important notes right at the top so I don't have to go searching for them when needed.

Cons

  • I wish that I was able to format within the note. There are times in which I would want to bold, underline or italicize and I'm not able to do so.
  • There is a character limit in the note. And though it is a generous amount of characters that you can add in the note, I tend to reach that character limit often.
  • I would love the ability to adjust the size of the notes. If you write a lot in the note, it makes it super long, but if you write just enough it will make it smaller and you can then open it up to reveal the note.

Likelihood to Recommend

As a Customer Experience Trainer, I recommend that all the new members utilize Google Keep for better organization. It also helps with productivity, as our team members are able to write common responses that they may use for common situations. This allows them to easily copy and paste it into their email or live response instead of typing the same response over and over again. Though this tool is great for collaboration, I wouldn't recommend using it for larger projects. In that case, I would recommend Google Docs.

Google Keep = Efficiency

Rating: 10 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Google Keep has many uses for a fit expert. You can save passwords and emails, customer notes, or templates for frequent use. It is a time saver and great organization tool. <input value="true" id="hippowiz-ass-injected" type="hidden"><input value="none" id="hvmessage-toextension-listener" type="hidden">

Pros

  • Easy to organize and color coordinate.
  • Allows for an associated image to be connected with the note.
  • Alarms set for reminders.
  • Ability to add others to the note to share and collaborate.

Cons

  • There should be an option to align them straight rather than unevenly.
  • Front options would be beneficial.
  • More color options for a variety of sorting.

Likelihood to Recommend

In customer service, you send a lot of similar emails so it is great to use as a clipboard, so you can copy and paste that same email whenever need be, rather than typing it all out again and again.

Not so great when needing to put data from another platform.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
3 years of experience

Google Keep - more than just note taking

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Optional, free software that majority of our company uses. It's used for quick, one-off note taking for stand-up meetings, client meetings, etc. Can be very useful if you need to write something down in a pinch. With everything being saved automatically to the Google cloud it's very convenient for the quick and dirty note taking. The collaboration feature is the cherry on top that proves to be very useful. Also, big shout out to the "check mark" feature that essentially makes this a "to-do" application.

Pros

  • Collaboration.
  • Just enough "extra" features to make it not too complicated.
  • Simplicity.

Cons

  • Not easy to change text/font if you aren't savvy with the product.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for small to large businesses - really any business where you need to take notes or remember something. It helps keep you organized if you need it but can also serve as a to-do check list for you, your team, or both.

Vetted Review
Google Keep
5 years of experience

Swiss army knife for notes

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I make a more personal use of Google Keep, I use it as my notepad on my phone. It's great for taking quick, organized notes on cards. Works great for meetings, jotting down ideas, and even starting long texts and moving to a appropriate app later. Google Keep is a Swiss Army knife for text.

Pros

  • Check boxes.
  • Notes.
  • Cards.
  • Collaboration.

Cons

  • Revision history.
  • Find word (CTRL+F).
  • Cards color customizations.
  • Simple text edition.

Likelihood to Recommend

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